The Javanese Family: A Study of Kinship and Socialization

by Hildred Geertz

Overview

A detailed study of the structure and functioning of the Javanese kinship system. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's online version of the same title.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148297086
Publisher:	ACLS Humanities E-Book
Publication date:	01/15/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	2 MB

Editorial Reviews

This book provides a valuable description and interpretation of the Javanese kinship system and fills an important gap in the literature on Javanese culture. The author, shoe spend 15 during 1953-54 in an East Javanese town, Modjokuto, and returned there for a short visit in 1958, has shown deep insight and understanding, not only of Javanese kinship, but also of Javanese attitudes and values in general.

American Anthropologist , New Series, Vol. 64, No. 4 (Aug., 1962) , pp. 872-874 - n/a Koentjaraningrat

As anthropology books go nowadays, this unpretentious little study seems a bit old-fashioned--old-fashioned not in any derogatory sense, but in the sense of continuing the classical anthropological reporting tradition that sometimes seems almost lost in newer attempts at greater detail or greater abstraction. This is a middle-level report in a scientific context, which provides new information of the type so badly needed for more understanding of basic motivations to change in Southeast Asia.

The Journal of Asian Studies , Vol. 22, No. 4 (Aug., 1963) , pp. 493-494 - John L. Landgraf